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Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change.

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Cook's argument is solid, coherent and well supported by the empirical data he provides. -- Omar Ashour International Affairs 2007 Cook has produced a sensitive, insightful analysis of the political role of the military in three Middle Eastern countries... Recommended. Choice 2008 Cook's book makes an important contribution to the literature on persistent authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. -- Stephen J. King Political Science Quarterly 2008 An impressive comparative study of the disputed political regimes of Algeria, Egypt, and Turkey... will likely initiate a new literature on the international and domestic efforts necessary to democratize the Middle East. -- Huseyin Alptekin Insight Turkey 2009

Table of Contents

Preface
1. A Logic of Regime Stability
2. The Egyptian, Algerian, and Turkish Military Enclaves: The Contours of the Officers' Autonomy
3. The Pouvoir Militaire and the Failure to Achieve a ''Just Mean''
4. Institutionalizing a Military-Founded System
5. Turkish Paradox: Islamist Political Power and the Kemalist Political Order
6. Toward a Democratic Transition? Weakening the Patterns of Political Inclusion and Exclusion
Notes
Index

Ruling But Not Governing The Military and Political Development in Egypt Algeria and Turkey Council on Foreign Relations Book

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      Publisher: Hopkins Fulfillment Service
      Publication Date: 6/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780801885914, 978-0801885914
      ISBN10: 0801885914
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Ruling But Not Governing provides valuable insight into the political dynamics that perpetuate authoritarian regimes and offers novel ways to promote democratic change.

      Trade Review
      Cook's argument is solid, coherent and well supported by the empirical data he provides. -- Omar Ashour International Affairs 2007 Cook has produced a sensitive, insightful analysis of the political role of the military in three Middle Eastern countries... Recommended. Choice 2008 Cook's book makes an important contribution to the literature on persistent authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa. -- Stephen J. King Political Science Quarterly 2008 An impressive comparative study of the disputed political regimes of Algeria, Egypt, and Turkey... will likely initiate a new literature on the international and domestic efforts necessary to democratize the Middle East. -- Huseyin Alptekin Insight Turkey 2009

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      1. A Logic of Regime Stability
      2. The Egyptian, Algerian, and Turkish Military Enclaves: The Contours of the Officers' Autonomy
      3. The Pouvoir Militaire and the Failure to Achieve a ''Just Mean''
      4. Institutionalizing a Military-Founded System
      5. Turkish Paradox: Islamist Political Power and the Kemalist Political Order
      6. Toward a Democratic Transition? Weakening the Patterns of Political Inclusion and Exclusion
      Notes
      Index

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